Telstra says it currently offers coverage in more than 100 metropolitan and regional locations across the nation. Under the network expansion plans it says more than 1,000 new LTE base stations will be installed by mid-2013, by which date it expects to cover 66% of the population, up from the 40% it currently reports.

‘Once the network expansion is complete Telstra 4G coverage will stretch out in a 10-15 kilometre radius from the Sydney General Post Office (GPO) and a 15-20 kilometre radius from the Melbourne GPO. Telstra has also confirmed that more than 340,000 of its LTE mobile broadband devices are currently in use, while some 160,000 LTE-enabled smartphones are also active on its network.